Water retention can be a real ego-booster when it works in reverse. 3 pounds lighter than yesterday!

I've come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as book-smart. There are intelligent people and unintelligent people. Book-smart seems to be the term used to describe unintelligent people who are able to obtain good grades in school. A dog can be trained to learn words like sit and stand, so why do we act as if a human's ability to learn ( Read more... )

I think I usually do a good job of not complaining about my ailments. I'll never compare to my mother, who can only be described as inhuman in her tolerance for pain and discomfort, but I think I do a decent job of masking my own illnesses from all but my husband. Lately I feel like it's some sort of sick joke that my body seems to balance out my ( Read more... )

Tom spoke with the service technician this morning, who went to Tom's office to fix my laptop. He replaced the motherboard, heat sink, and mousepad. Everything works great. Yay working computer!

Ugh, my newest laptop is definitely a lemon. When we first bought it, the wireless internet card didn't connect to Verizon's network. After much back and forth, Dell sent someone out to fix it. I'm surprised they service laptops in-home, especially since Best Buy now sells their PCs. I would have expected to have to bring it to Geek Squad as an " ( Read more... )

I did this a while ago (http://jamilynn627.livejournal.com/25418.html) but I thought it would be interesting to see if and how it has changed in the last few years ( Read more... )

...feeling inspired today... it's nice

I haven't written in forever. It has been on my to-do list, but it always gets pushed off for other things. Right now I feel nauseous... quite likely a byproduct of me staying up late to read Twilight. I'm shocked that I find myself so engrossed in modern fiction. I was glad everything worked out in Eclipse, but I could have (should have) waited ( Read more... )

I had an appointment with my new endocrinologist. He decided to up my dose of the synthroid. Hopefully that will boost my metabolism and get this weight loss thing going. As far as diet is concerned, this week has been a decent week for me, but between everything that's going on I haven't gotten to the gym at all. Last week was hectic for reasons I ( Read more... )

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